Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home.
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62 people
Gérard Darmon
Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Natalya Gundareva
Inga
Known for
Autumn Marathon
Oleg Yankovsky
Borya - nicknamed «Paris»
Known for
Nostalgia
The Very Same Munchhausen
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Semyon Klain - «Senya»
Known for
Treasure Island
Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog
Evgeni Leonov
Embassy employee in Austria
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Kin-dza-dza!
Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Moisha Sepiashvili
Known for
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Leonid Yarmolnik
Borya's Israeli partner
Known for
Hard to Be a God
Night Guards
Levan Pilpani
Vakhtang Papashvili - father
Also in
Data Tutashkhia
The Last Vendetta
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
Bernstein - Inga's uncle
Known for
Jesus
Sahara
Nina Ter-Osipyan
Inga's aunt
Known for
Kin-dza-dza!
Sharon Hacohen
Jane - american journalist
Known for
Iron Eagle II
Nutsa Koguashvili
Georgiy Daneliya Director · Revaz Gabriadze Writer Arkadiy Khayt Writer
First release June 6, 1990 · Produced in France, Russia, Austria, Israel, Russia · Languages English, Georgian, Russian
Production
Mosfilm
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Ritm
Production
Goskino Russia
Production
France · Russia · Austria · Israel · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Паспорт
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
English · Georgian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 6, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
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